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krisdb on 07/18/08


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Published in: C# 

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  1. public static string TruncateChar(string strText, int intCharCount)
  2.         {
  3.             string strReturn = "";
  4.  
  5.             try
  6.             {
  7.                 if (strText.Length > intCharCount)
  8.                     strReturn = strText.Substring(0, intCharCount) + "...";
  9.                 else
  10.                     strReturn = strText;
  11.             }
  12.             catch { }
  13.             return strReturn;
  14.         }
  15.  
  16.  
  17.         public static string TruncateWords(string strText, int intWordCount)
  18.         {
  19.             string strReturn = "";
  20.  
  21.             try
  22.             {
  23.                 string[] strWords = strText.Split(' ');
  24.  
  25.                 if (strWords.Length < intWordCount)
  26.                     intWordCount = strWords.Length;
  27.  
  28.                 for (int x = 0; x <= intWordCount; x++)
  29.                     strReturn += strWords[x] + " ";
  30.  
  31.                 if (strWords.Length > intWordCount)
  32.                     strReturn = strReturn.Trim() + "...";
  33.             }
  34.  
  35.             catch { /* do nothing */ }
  36.  
  37.             return strReturn;
  38.  
  39.         }

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